Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 104115
Students: Childcare
Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of excluding full-time higher-education student households from childcare support schemes when mandatory placements prevent parents from working on those hou
Answer
Josh MacAlisterStudents with children who are undertaking work placement years with private employers do not qualify for the full-rate partially means-tested loans for living costs or means-tested dependants’ grants (Childcare Grant or Parents’ Learning Allowance). They...
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